Allow myself, to introduce.... myself

Thanks, my intake manifold has to come off soon anyway so will try that and give it a go

A project thread would be awesome by the way, would be great to have all of it together.

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Celica_XR9145 wrote:

Awesome TRD shifter, i've never seen these for sale in NZ before, did they come straight from Japan?

Is that the sensor that goes into the intake?

I went through Toyota for the TRD SS, so yea straight from japan, sadly I think they've stopped doing a ST18#, I know how you feel, my celica gen has also had a few discountinued items. Yup thats the sensor (measures the temperature of the air when it cames into the intake), mine never came with one, but still had the loom plug, just no sensor. will keep you updated when they are fitted
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Yea they have discontinued the SS for the ST18X but the ST20X and ZZT23X can be used with a little modification

When i fitted my pod filter, at first i left the sensor hanging next to the filter but thought it would be better to have it in the intake hose. Didn't feel any difference to power or fuel economy

Right yesterday I installed the TRD quick shifter set, and damn it changes gears, well emm quick

Heres a couple of before and after shots

Before: neutral & 4th


After: neutral & 4th


and here are some comparing the two.

Thats great, well worth the many then.

Does the shift feel smooth?

Awesome, i'm going to get me one of them TRD gear knobs

Good job!

3Spower wrote:

Thats great, well worth the many then.

Does the shift feel smooth?

The shifts are shorter & crisper. the location of the gears are more clearer, so your less likely to miss shift.

Celica_XR9145 wrote:

Awesome, i'm going to get me one of them TRD gear knobs

Good job!

if you can, get a quickshift, will feel much better

well, I have some news, my parts which I have been waiting for, have arrived from japan, costed $2000 + 63 for customs




well here they are

Whoooooooooooooooo,



That is a nice christmas present dude

Great upgrade!

Awesome, thats what i like about your car that you have only used top quality parts like TRD and Tein.

Can't wait to see them fitted to the car, especially with your white wheels

When do you think you'll have them in by?
Cant wait to see them fitted with your new rims

Awesome, so are you ever going down the 3SGTE road or are you going to stick with the 3SGE?

cheers nsx, quite amased, it arrived this soon, got something else coming as my xmas present, still waiting.


Celica_XR9145, everybody should always use top quality parts if they can, Yeah I cant wait either, just reading/ trying to read the settings for it all lol

91celicagtr, not too sure yet but about january sometime

3Spower, will be sticking with the GE


cheers guys for the comments and interest will update you again will install etc

rims are on. teins aren't yet sorry lol

They look real good when fitted on a red car!

Much better then the gen7 rims

yeah Im really happy aswell, loving the new width in the tyres

looks stunning mate, seriously can't wait too see it with the TEINs in!

What I've been up to in the weekend

thats just after putting the teins in when we pulled of the other wheel it was just off the ground, as you see lots of clearance

comparing the 2

weight standard 8.6kg & the are tein 7.9kg I'm pretty sure




thats the wheel just off the ground.



thats it on the ground


using the 7gc rims for the moment until I'm happy with the ride hieght, and I dont ruin the 6spoke rims



Doing the fronts






weight for Teins 6.9kg factory was 9.2kg


weather was ok, sunny and hot, butwith big storm clouds on the way, Tein where all installed & went inside for a break. The it starts pissing down



manage to get all the tools etc out if the rain, after 5 minutes it stops and we carried on







Cant have the fronts too low, due to some big speed bumps, & I dont want to 'crab' it everwhere.

maybe not the best example heres before tein



Put the dampner on the hardest setting, VERY bumpy. driving along, but braking is just so good, got the dampnering setting on 12 (I think thats what tein recommends aswell)





still too bumpy, so its on 0 or 1 (I think your also suppose to have them on a low number to run them in??)

Looks great, one thing i never liked about the gen 6 was that the arches were too big but just looks great!

Awesome!

So is it fairly difficult too set up?

Did you Celica come with superstrut?

thanks, yeah the wheel arches are pretty big, but I think it looks pretty good now.

its not too bad to do, helps if you have a mate to help & 2 jacks so theres not too much strain on the swaybar

nope, I feel lucky sometimes, I dont get the problems

Just felt like adding pictures

Damn Rusty,

That's a very sweet celica the way he/she is now.

I still think this is one of, if not the best ST20X Celica in NZ, the wheels really look great!

thanks

for now I'm looking at camshafts & ECU, I'm look at the Tom's 'T.E.C.H II ECU' at the moment and learning about it, since I dont intend to run large duration cams

Rusty wrote:

thanks

for now I'm looking at camshafts & ECU, I'm look at the Tom's 'T.E.C.H II ECU' at the moment and learning about it, since I dont intend to run large duration cams

Sounds good, has the gen 3 3SGE got the 'shim over bucket' arrangement do you know?

Toms T.E.C.H II ECU should go sweet, never new TOMS supplied them for 3SGE's, learn something new everyday